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Worshippers reach for the Torah during services at Wilderness Torah's Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Wildly celebrating the new year in the wilderness (of Sebastopol)

by Gabriel Greschler October 3, 2019October 3, 2019
The Unetaneh Tokef prayer in Mahzor Lev Shalem (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

May the Days of Awe help us embrace what’s important

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 2, 2019September 27, 2019
interior of a wood-paneled courtroom
Posted inFirst Person

What working as a prosecutor has taught me about Yom Kippur

by JTA and Anonymous October 1, 2019September 27, 2019
Rabbis Raleigh Resnick (left) and Josh Zebberman dance during the “Unity Shabbat” concert at Chabad of the Tri-Valley, Sept. 20, 2019. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky
Posted inHigh Holidays

Connection and renewal at fire-damaged Chabad’s celebration of ‘unity’

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 27, 2019October 2, 2019
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inHolidays

‘From woodchopper to water carrier’ — all are welcome before God

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 27, 2019September 26, 2019
a small, deep blue pool indoor surrounded by marble
Posted inMixed & Matched

Why I want to take my daughter to the mikvah with me when I convert

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 26, 2019September 26, 2019
Los Angeles recently restored regulations barring people from sleeping at night in their vehicles. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Damian Dovarganes)
Posted inCalifornia

L.A. congregation Ikar opens its parking lot to people living in cars

by Alejandra Molina and RNS September 26, 2019
(From left) Beth Kissileff, writer of this piece; her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Oct. 31, 2018 shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; and Pitssburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church during a service for victims of the mass shooting. (Photo/JTA-Salwan Georges-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.

Beth Kissileff by Beth Kissileff and JTA September 24, 2019September 26, 2019
Ocean Hugger’s Ahimi, which is made from tomatoes to mimic raw ahi tuna, was featured at a recent vegan Shabbat event in San Francisco.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Vegan Shabbat offers a taste of the future: plant-based foods

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 23, 2019September 24, 2019
"Only the right name gives beings and things their reality," says the Childlike Empress in "The Neverending Story."
Posted inTorah

Names have the power to shape our reality

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton September 20, 2019September 18, 2019

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